15 C.F.R. § 30.95 Penalties for violations.
Title 15 - Commerce and Foreign Trade
(a) Exports (reexports) of rough diamonds. The Clean Diamond Trade Act, section 8(c), authorizes the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (BICE), as appropriate, to enforce the laws and regulations governing exports of rough diamonds, including with respect to the validation of the Kimberley Process Certificate by the exporting authority. The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) also has enforcement authority pursuant to section 5(a) of the Clean Diamond Trade Act (the Act), Executive Order 13312, and the Rough Diamonds Control Regulations (31 CFR part 592). The CBP, the BICE, and OFAC, pursuant to section 5(a) of the Act, are further authorized to enforce provisions of section 8(a) of the Act that provide for the following civil and criminal penalties: (1) A civil penalty not to exceed $10,000 may be imposed on any person who violates, or attempts to violate, any order or regulation issued under the Act. (2) A criminal penalty not to exceed $50,000, or; (i) If a natural person, imprisonment for not more than 10 years, or both, may be imposed for willful violation of any license, order, or regulation issued under the Act. (ii) If a corporation, imprisonment for not more than 10 years, or both may be imposed on any officer, director, or agent of the corporation for willful violation of any license, order, or regulation issued under the Act. (b) Exports of other than rough diamonds. Any person who violates any provisions of this part, except for violations of the provisions relating to delayed filing of documents under bond as provided by §30.24 and violations of section 8 of Public Law 108–19, the Clean Diamond Trade Act, shall be liable to the United States in an amount not exceeding $1,000 for each violation, as authorized by section 305, chapter 9, title 13 U.S.C. [68 FR 59879, Oct. 20, 2003]
Title 15: Commerce and Foreign Trade
PART 30—FOREIGN TRADE STATISTICS
Subpart H—General Administrative Provisions
§ 30.95 Penalties for violations.
